Why is Greece not called in English by the name Hellas? The Greeks call their country Hellas and themselves Hellenes The names Greece and Greek are of Roman origin and were adopted from Latin Graecus into old High German as Crêch and then in all Germanic languages the name was fashioned after the Latin - Old English Grécas
etymology - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Greece, as the name of a country, was more used by outsiders than Greeks, at least in the Hellenistic period Most of them would think of themselves as Athenians or Corinthians, and Hellas was not the place where they lived, but the area where people spoke Greek as opposed to barbarian languages; similar to mediaeval Christendo
meaning - History of X is dead. Long live X - English Language . . . The original phrase is The King is dead Long live the King! According to wikipedia: The original phrase was translated from the French Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi!, which was first declared upon the coronation of Charles VII following the death of his father Charles VI in 1422